Last Updated: 11/19/2023
If you have a pocketful of quarters and are looking for an arcade, so are we. Join us as we relive out childhood (as first generation video gamers) and explore places where “insert coin to continue” is a way of (more) life.
- Up-Down – East Village (Opened in October 2013)
Barcadium– Court Avenue (Opened in early 2014, closed in 2016?)- Monsterama Arcade and Pizzeria – Des Moines (Opened in 2023)
- Old School Pinball & Arcade – Grimes (Opened in 2015)
- Operating Room – West Des Moines (Opened in 2017)
- Operating Room – Waukee/Palms Theater (Opened in ?)
- Operating Room – Ankeny (Opened in ?)
Where else can we find Pac-Man and his friends? Let us know and we’ll check them out too!
